Tony Gwynn auction closes Saturday

The Associated Press

A crowd of 60,103 came out to Qualcomm Stadium to salute Gwynn in his final game. Gwynn grounded out in a pinch hit appearance against the Colorado Rockies. One player who did get a hit was teammate Rickey Henderson, who recorded his 3,000th hit in the game. Henderson considered sitting out the game so he wouldn't distract from Tony's final game, but Gwynn wouldn't hear of it. "Of all the things I wanted to have happen today," Gwynn said, "Rickey getting his 3,000th hit was at the top of the list."

A crowd of 60,103 came out to Qualcomm Stadium to salute Gwynn in his final game. Gwynn grounded out in a pinch hit appearance against the Colorado Rockies. One player who did get a hit was teammate Rickey Henderson, who recorded his 3,000th hit in the game. Henderson considered sitting out the game so he wouldn't distract from Tony's final game, but Gwynn wouldn't hear of it. "Of all the things I wanted to have happen today," Gwynn said, "Rickey getting his 3,000th hit was at the top of the list."

An auction of 105 items from the collection of Padres great Tony Gwynn will close Saturday.

The auction, which is being conducted at scpauctions.com, began April 8. The initial bidding period runs until 5 p.m. PDT Saturday.

SCP Auctions spokesman Terry Melia said those wishing to bid on an item need to so before 5 p.m. Saturday in order to also participate in the "extended" bidding period, which could run into early Sunday.

The auction house secured many of Gwynn's most prominent memorabilia from his widow, Alicia. They include three All-Star Game rings, a pair of Silver Slugger batting awards and numerous game-used baseballs chronicling milestone hits during Gwynn's 20-year career with the Padres.

A link to the assortment, with current high bids reflected, can be found here.